Designation: D 448 08

Standard Classification for

Sizes of Aggregate for Road and Bridge Construction1
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 448; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon () indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
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1. Scope
1.1 This classification defines aggregate size number desig-
nations and standard size ranges for mechanical sieve analyses
of coarse aggregate and screenings for use in the construction
and maintenance of various types of highways and bridges.
1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the
standard. The values given in parentheses are for information
only.
1.3 The text of this classification references notes and
footnotes which provide explanatory material. These notes and
footnotes (excluding those in tables and figures) shall not be
considered as requirements of the classification.
2. Referenced Documents
2.1 ASTM Standards: 2
C 136 Test Method for Sieve Analysis of Fine and Coarse
Aggregates
D 8 Terminology Relating to Materials for Roads and Pave-
ments
D 75 Practice for Sampling Aggregates
E 11 Specification for Wire Cloth and Sieves for Testing
Purposes
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This classification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D04 on Road
and Paving Materials and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D04.50 on
Aggregate Specifications.
Current edition approved July 1, 2008. Published July 2008. Originally approved
in 1937. Last previous edition approved in 2003 as D 448 03a.
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3. Terminology
3.1 Definition of terms, see Terminology D 8.
4. Significance and Use
4.1 Some contract documents specify certain aggregate
sizes for specific uses or may suggest one or more of these
sizes as appropriate for the preparation of various end-product
mixtures. In some cases, closer limits on variability of the
aggregate grading are required.
5. Manufacture
5.1 The standard sizes of aggregate described in this clas-
sification are manufactured by means of any suitable process
used to separate raw material into the desired size ranges.
Production of standard sizes by blending two or more different
components is permitted.
6. Standard Sizes
6.1 Standard aggregate sizes shall conform to the require-
ments prescribed in Table 1 for the size number specified.
Conformance shall be determined by means of laboratory
sieves having square openings and conforming to Specification
E 11.
7. Basis of Classification
7.1 Classification of an aggregate is based upon the size
number designation and size ranges shown in Table 1. Aggre-
gate shall be sampled in accordance with Practice D 75 and
tested for grading by Test Method C 136.

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 TABLE 1 Standard Sizes of Processed Aggregate
Amounts Finer than Each Laboratory Sieve (Square Openings), mass percent
Nominal Size, 90- 300- 150-
Size 100- 75- 4.75- 2.36- 1.18-
Square mm 63-mm 50-mm 37.5-mm 25.0-mm 19.0-mm 12.5-mm 9.5-mm m m
Number mm mm mm mm mm
Openings (312-in.) (212-in.) (2-in.) (112-in.) (1-in.) (34-in.) (12-in.) (38-in.) (No. (No.
(4-in.) (3-in.) (No. 4) (No. 8) (No. 16)
50) 100)
1 90 to 37.5-mm 100 90 to 100 ... 25 to 60 ... 0 to 15 ... 0 to 5 ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
(312 to 112-in.)
2 63 to 37.5-mm ... ... 100 90 to 100 35 to 70 0 to 15 ... 0 to 5 ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
(212 to 112-in.)
24 63 to 19.0-mm ... ... 100 90 to 100 ... 25 to 60 ... 0 to 10 0 to 5 ... ... ... ... ... ...
(212 to 34-in.)
3 50 to 25.0-mm ... ... ... 100 90 to 100 35 to 70 0 to 15 ... 0 to 5 ... ... ... ... ... ...
(2 to 1-in.)
357 50 to 4.75-mm ... ... ... 100 95 to 100 ... 35 to 70 ... 10 to 30 ... 0 to 5 ... ... ... ...
(2-in. to No. 4)
4 37.5 to 19.0-mm ... ... ... ... 100 90 to 100 20 to 55 0 to 15 ... 0 to 5 ... ... ... ... ...
(112 to 34-in.)
467 37.5 to 4.75-mm ... ... ... ... 100 95 to 100 ... 35 to 70 ... 10 to 30 0 to 5 ... ... ... ...

2
(112-in. to No. 4)
5 25.0 to 12.5-mm. ... ... ... ... ... 100 90 to 100 20 to 55 0 to 10 0 to 5 ... ... ... ... ...
(1 to 12-in.)
56 25.0 to 9.5-mm ... ... ... ... ... 100 90 to 100 40 to 85 10 to 40 0 to 15 0 to 5 ... ... ... ...
(1 to 38-in.)
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57 25.0 to 4.75-mm ... ... ... ... ... 100 95 to 100 ... 25 to 60 ... 0 to 10 0 to 5 ... ... ...
(1-in. to No. 4)
6 19.0 to 9.5-mm ... ... ... ... ... ... 100 90 to 100 20 to 55 0 to 15 0 to 5 ... ... ... ...
(34 to 38-in.)
67 19.0 to 4.75-mm ... ... ... ... ... ... 100 90 to 100 ... 20 to 55 0 to 10 0 to 5 ... ... ...
(34-in. to No. 4)
68 19.0 to 2.36-mm ... ... ... ... ... ... 100 90 to 100 ... 30 to 65 5 to 25 0 to 10 0 to 5 ... ...
(34-in. to No. 8)
7 12.5 to 4.75-mm ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 100 90 to 100 40 to 70 0 to 15 0 to 5 ... ... ...
(12-in. to No. 4)
78 12.5 to 2.36-mm ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 100 90 to 100 40 to 75 5 to 25 0 to 10 0 to 5 ... ...
(12-in. to No. 8)
8 9.5 to 2.36-mm ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 100 85 to 100 10 to 30 0 to 10 0 to 5 ... ...
(38-in. to No. 8)
89 9.5 to 1.18-mm ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 100 90 to 100 20 to 55 5 to 30 0 to 10 0 to 5 ...
(38-in. to No. 16)
9 4.75 to 1.18-mm ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 100 85 to 100 10 to 40 0 to 10 0 to 5 ...
(No. 4 to No. 16)
10 4.75-mm ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 100 85 to 100 ... ... ... 10 to
(No. 4 to 0A) 30
A
Screenings.
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8. Keywords
8.1 aggregate standard size; coarse aggregate; screenings

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